PATGEN(1) PATGEN(1)
NAME
patgen - generate patterns for TeX hyphenation
SYNOPSISpatgen dictionary_file pattern_file log_file trans-
late_file
DESCRIPTION
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The com-
plete documentation for this version of TeX can be found
in the info file or manual Web2C:ATeXimplementation.
The patgen program reads the dictionary_file and produces
the pattern_file, writing a transcript of its actions on
the log_file. The dictionary_file should contain a list
of hyphenated words and previously-generated patterns.
The patterns thus generated can be read by initex for use
in hyphenating words. For a (very) long example of pat-gen's output, see $TEXMFMAIN/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex,
which contains the patterns TeX uses for English. At some
sites, patterns for several other languages may be avail-
able, and the local tex programs may have them preloaded;
consult your LocalGuide or your system administrator for
details.
All filenames must be complete; no adding of default
extensions or path searching is done.
FILES$TEXMFMAIN/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex
Patterns for English.
SEEALSO
Frank Liang, Wordhy-phen-a-tionbycom-puter, STAN-
CS-83-977, Stanford University Ph.D. thesis, 1983.
Donald E. Knuth, TheTeXbook, Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN
0-201-13447-0, Appendix H.
AUTHORS
Frank Liang wrote the first version of this program.
Peter Breitenlohner made a substantial revision in 1991
for TeX 3. The first version was published as the
appendix to the TeXware technical report, available from
the TeX Users Group. Howard Trickey originally ported it
to Unix.
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